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| Subject: | RE: FLASH: [OT] Tax Deductible Work? |
| From: | Rey, Chrissy |
| Date: | Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:56:06 +0100 |
If you *really* need to get that deduction, you might be able to work something out with the charity where they pay you your regular hourly rate, then you donate it back to them. Check with an accountant first to make sure that's OK :-)
>>This past year, we wound up doing a pretty fair amount of work for free for
>>a charity that we support. Logo recreation, mastheads for newsletters, etc
>>(for web and print), and someone suggested that we should deduct the work
>>on our U.S. Federal Income Taxes. Our accountant seems to think that we
>>could only deduct materials (disks, shipping costs) and not services, which
>>wouldn't amount to anything since we worked via email and FTP. We live in a
>>rural area, and have to wonder if he just doesn't understand that digital
>>work is not some ethereal thing, but the equivalent of old-fashioned
>>mechanicals that were photographed and printed - something tangible.
>>
>>Does anyone know the answer or a source on the web where we might find it?
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Mike
>>
>Your accountant is correct, you cannot deduct your time. I tried the same
>thing.
>
>Brad Merritt
>
>
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